binational

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

binational (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or involving, two nations.
    Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.
    • 1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems‎[1], page 34‎[2], archived from the original on 10 March 2013:
      Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts.
    • 2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review‎[3]:
      Finally, a binational state would foster alliances between Palestinians currently under occupation and Palestinian Israelis to combat discriminatory Israeli land and housing policies.

Derived terms

Noun

binational (plural binationals)

  1. A person of two nationalities.

French

Etymology

From bi- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.na.sjɔ.nal/

Adjective

binational (feminine binationale, masculine plural binationaux, feminine plural binationales)

  1. binational

Noun

binational m (plural binationaux)

  1. binational

German

Etymology

bi- +‎ national

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [binat͡si̯oˈnaːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

binational (strong nominative masculine singular binationaler, not comparable)

  1. binational

Declension

Positive forms of binational (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist binational sie ist binational es ist binational sie sind binational
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative binationaler binationale binationales binationale
genitive binationalen binationaler binationalen binationaler
dative binationalem binationaler binationalem binationalen
accusative binationalen binationale binationales binationale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der binationale die binationale das binationale die binationalen
genitive des binationalen der binationalen des binationalen der binationalen
dative dem binationalen der binationalen dem binationalen den binationalen
accusative den binationalen die binationale das binationale die binationalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein binationaler eine binationale ein binationales (keine) binationalen
genitive eines binationalen einer binationalen eines binationalen (keiner) binationalen
dative einem binationalen einer binationalen einem binationalen (keinen) binationalen
accusative einen binationalen eine binationale ein binationales (keine) binationalen

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